Some days you’re an ace and other days even the basics elude you. Know what you can do and what you shouldn’t do to make a landing from an approach that goes wrong.
Save a Botched Approach
I remember a few years ago I watched my captain try vainly to intercept the localizer. He had a good intercept angle, but the needle just wouldnt come in. Interestingly enough, though, my HSI showed a completely different-and more reasonable-picture.
Key Takeaways:
- Vigilant cross-checking of avionics against approach charts is crucial to identify and correct setup errors, such as incorrect courses or loading the wrong approach.
- Pilots should use small, continuous, and aggressive flight corrections to recover from minor deviations, but must establish objective limits for when an approach is beyond saving, necessitating a missed approach for safety.
- Always confirm approach and landing clearances, especially at parallel runway airports, and do not hesitate to communicate with Air Traffic Control (ATC) to request more favorable vectors or a missed approach if conditions are unsafe or errors are unrecoverable.
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